Digital Resource Requirements

ECU recommends students have the latest available MacBook Pro or a PC equivalent.

It is not mandatory to purchase a new laptop if you already have one.

If you're bringing your own laptop, it must:

• meet the system recommendations for your program
• be able to operate the most current version of the Adobe Creative Cloud

This ensures that you can keep up with the expectations of the curriculum.

Dell and Apple offer special pricing for Emily Carr students purchasing laptops for school. Shop through the webstores linked below to get exclusive ECU pricing.

Visit the Dell webstore

Visit the Apple webstore

If you are an undergraduate student at Emily Carr and have an ECU email account, Adobe Creative Cloud is already included in your tuition. You don't need to buy Creative Cloud elsewhere.

If you are a graduate student, Adobe Creative Cloud is optional. If you would like access to Creative Cloud, please submit a home use software request and indicate how long you require access (see below). You will receive payment instructions when you submit your request. Once payment has been collected, ITS will set up your ECU Adobe account.

Payments made between January 1 - September 1:

• $110 for access up to August 31

Payments made between September 1 - December 31:

• $110 for access up to December 31
• $220 for access up to August 31

Your dean must approve access. If you require Adobe Creative Cloud, please submit a home use software request.

To begin accessing your ECU Adobe Suite, you must first give your Adobe consent. This allows ECU to disclose your ECU email address to Adobe.

1. Sign in to your MyEC account.
2. Under Academic Profile, click on Adobe Consent.
   

If you give Adobe consent to use your ECU email, then it will take about 1 – 2 business days to assign Adobe access to your account.

• Once you receive an email from Adobe with “Access Granted”, then your account has been created successfully. Please follow the instructions in the email to set up your ECU Adobe ID.

If you do not give Adobe consent to use your ECU email, then you choose an alternative email address that does not contain your first or last name.

• Provides us with your alternate address by completing the home use software form.

As of Dec 23rd, 2023 we no longer provision licenses to existing Adobe IDs. You will be provided with a new Adobe account that is connected to your ECU email address.

Your ECU Adobe account will be created automatically 1-2 days after you provide your consent in MyEC.

When your account is ready, you will receive an email from Adobe with the subject line "Get started with Pro Edition". At this point you may sign into Adobe using your ECU username and password (the same credentials you use for myEC and Microsoft 365).

You will use your Adobe ID to use Adobe software on ECU campus computers. Computers in labs, the library, and in other student accessible locations require you to login with your Adobe ID in order to use the Adobe software installed on the computer.

Log out of your Adobe account before you walk away from using a shared computer. You are solely responsible for securing your Adobe account through the process of logging out.

The purchase of capital equipment for a student’s program (such as computers, cameras, etc) is not supported in the funding framework of the Canada Student Loans program. The only expenditure allowable is for books and supplies to a maximum of $1,500 per 4 month semester which can include up to $300 in computer-related supplies such as ink, toner, internet connections.* All Emily Carr students applying for student loans have this maximum allowance considered in their overall need assessment. While some aspects of student loan eligibility calculation are appealable due to extenuating circumstances, the purchase of a laptop (whether the school makes it mandatory or not) is not an appealable issue.

*It is important to note that the book and supply expenditures for student loans is not policed. Students are not required to provide receipts demonstrating how they spend their book/supply allowance.

PC-based 3D software will continue to be taught in the school’s PC labs. Students will have access to these labs to do their work. Industrial design students also have the option to remotely connect to a high-performance Windows computing environment through our RemotePC service.

IT Services provides limited technical support for student laptops. This support is limited to:

• accessing ECU's wireless network
• curriculum printing resources.

For help with the above, contact the IT Service Desk.

ITS is not responsible for supporting students with hardware, operating system, application software, and virus issues on their personal laptops.